Toilet-comb



(No Model.)

E. LAWSON. TOILET 00MB.- No. 450,162. Patented Apr. 14,1891.

UNrrnn STATES PATENT firmen.

EUGENE LA\VSON, OF WILKES-BARR, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOILET-COME.

PECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,162, dated April 14,1891.

Application filed November 5, 1890- Serial No. 370,380. (No model.)

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference-marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a side elevation of a comb embodyingmy invention; Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig, a vertical section takenon line ,e .e of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a detailed view showing a modificationof the discharge-openings for the air.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple andeffective means for drying womens hair after the head of hair has beenwet or moistened with water or washed; and theinvention consists inproviding a suitable comb with a bellows or other air-forcing device,whereby the air may be forced into the body of hair during the operationof combing, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a comb, which may be of anysuitable construction, size, and shape, and of any desirable materialfrom which combs are usually i made.

The back of the comb, or one side thereof, is shown at A, and theopposite side, as shown at B, is hinged or pivoted thereto in anysuitable manner, the two sides forming, respectively, the stationary andmovable sides of a bellows, suitable springs d being interposed betweenthe sides to bring the hinged side back to its normal position afterbeing compressed. The stationary side A has an airopening a through it,which is closed upon the inner side by a suitable valve Z9, and securedto the sidesA B is a flexible covering c of rubber, leather, or anyother preferred material that will form an inclosed air-chamber.

The teeth C of the comb I preferably make hollow, in order to provide adischarge opening or outlet for the air, as shown at e.

In using, the comb is taken by the hand in the usual manner, and theteeth thereof brought through the hair in the act of combing it, and asthe pivoted or hinged side is compressed the air in the bellows will beforced out through the openings in the hollow teeth and into the mass ofhair being combed, which will effectually dry it of its moisture.

The bellows shown is one of common construction, and the principle ofoperation-taking in and discharging the air--is the same as in allbellows of similar kind, and although I have shown one form of bellows,in order to better illustrate the application of my invention to a comb,I do not Vwish to be confined thereto, as it is evident that anysuitable airforcing device provided with an inlet-valve maybe usedwithout departing from the principle of my invention, which consists inapplying to a comb of any preferred construction a suitable means fordischarging and expelling air into the body or mass of hair while Abeingcombed. It is also evident that in place of making the teeth hollow thedischargeopenings may be between the teeth, as shown in Fig. 4, or thecomb may be provided with outlets for the air at any part or portionthereof, as found desirable. These two features of the invention-viz.,bellows or other air-forcing device and the discharge-outlet for the airfrom the comb into the body of hairw-are susceptible of manymodifications or changes without in the least affecting the principle ofthe invention. Y

` Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A comb provided with a bellows or other suitable air-forcing devicehaving an inletvalve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a comb, the combination, with the hollow teeth thereof to formdischarge-outlets for the air, of a bellows or other air-forcing devicehaving an inlet-valve, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. The combination, with a comb, of a bellows or other air-forcingdevice, the sides thereof forming the sides of the comb, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified. p

4. The combination, with a comb having lhollow teeth to formdischarge-outlets for the air, of a bellows or other air-forcingdevicein which the sides thereof form the sides of the ICOV xo air inletand valve, and L suitable spring interposecl between the lsides,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

EUGENE LAlVSON.

Witnesses:

J. B. EMERY, WM. SNYDER.

